Classical music

Ronaldinho, left, and Ronaldo stand with Madonna as she performs during the halftime show in the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Shakira, Madonna and many Muppets take the World Cup stage, along with BTS and Bieber

Madonna opened the World Cup halftime show with her 2000 dance-pop hit “Music,” joined by star Brazilian soccer players of yesteryear, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho.

People pass 400 gold colored plastic Mozart sculptures by German artist Ottmar Hoerl from Nuremberg before the 270th birthday of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg, Austria, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A horde of golden mini-Mozarts marks 270 years since the composer’s birth in Salzburg

This image released by Ravinia shows the interior of the renovated Hunter Pavilion in Highland Park, Ill., on July 1, 2026. (Dave Burk/Ravinia via AP)

Ravinia Festival’s Hunter Pavilion near Chicago reopens after $70 million gut renovation

Musician Abdullah Ibrahim plays on a grand piano during the Adolf-Grimme awards gala in Marl, western Germany, March 18, 2005. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

South African jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim dies in Germany at age 91 after a brief illness

This image released by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra shows Fabio Luisi conducting "Götterdämmerung" at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas on Oct 8, 2024. (Sylvia Elzafon/Dallas Symphony Orchestra via AP)

Fabio Luisi and Dallas strip Wagner’s Ring Cycle of staging and issue audio recording

Live music stirring back to life in Tehran as ceasefire offers fragile respite

Bands and orchestras have begun returning to the stage in Tehran, where musicians have struggled to find work since war with the U.S. and Israel broke out in late February. (AP video by Mohsen Ganji)

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Musician Samuel Smith poses for a photo at his home, in London, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Mustakim Hasnath)

AI helps a musician with Parkinson’s finish his new album

This album cover image released by MPL/Capitol Records shows "The Boys of Dungeon Lane" by Paul McCartney. (MPL/Capitol Records via AP)

Music Review: On Paul McCartney’s ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane,’ an ex-Beatle reminisces

This image released by the Los Angeles Philharmonic shows Daniel Harding conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Aug. 19, 2025. (Elizabeth Asher/Los Angeles Philharmonic via AP)

Daniel Harding, British conductor and pilot, to follow Dudamel as LA Philharmonic music director

Chief Conductor Elim Chan, center top, conducts the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra through a rehearsal at the Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, Belgium, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Elim Chan hired as San Francisco Symphony’s first female music director

This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as Frida Kalho, foreground center, and baritone Carlos Álvarez as Diego Rivera in a rehearsal for “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego,” on May 11, 2026, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (Marty Sohl/MetOpera via AP)

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera reunite on Day of the Dead in new Met Opera production

This photo provided by Russ Grazier shows conductor Debbi Gibson leading a band rehearsal at the New England Adult Music Camp in Sidney, Maine, in August 2025. (Russ Grazier via AP)

Adults relive the musical camaraderie of their youth at band camps reprised for grown-ups

Singer Amy Grant poses for a portrait in New York on Thursday, April 16, 2026. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Amy Grant reflects on her new album, resisting labels and writing dark songs

JJ from Austria stands on the stage with the trophy after winning the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

What to know about the Eurovision Song Contest as it turns 70 with a Vienna extravaganza

Beatrice Venezi poses for photographers on the red carpet for the film "The Smashing Machine" during the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Sept. 1, 2025. (Alessandra Tarantino/Invision/AP, File)

Venice’s La Fenice theater drops incoming music director after months of protests

2019 Kennedy Center Honoree conductor Michael Tilson Thomas arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Dec. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned conductor and composer, dies at 81

South Korean pianist Lee Hun demonstrates how to play the piano after an interview in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

After a paralyzing stroke, a South Korean pianist recreates himself as a one-handed performer

This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, left, and folk singer Vilma Jää during a rehearsal for Kaija Saariaho's "Innocence," at the Metropolitan Opera in New York on March 31, 2026. (Karen Almond/Met Opera via AP)

Vilma Jää Brings herding calls and mocking songs to Met Opera’s production of ‘Innocence’

Violinist Hyunjin Cho and cellist Efstratia Chaloulakou perform for students studying with music at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A soothing study session: Students cram in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw as musicians play

This cover image released by Nonesuch Records shows "Honora" by Flea. (Nonesuch Records via AP)

Music Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea realizes lifelong dream with solo jazz album, ‘Honora’

Conductor Harry Christophers, center, with tenor Matthew McKinney, left, soprano Elizabeth Watts, second from left, and The Sixteen present Angels Unawares byJames MacMillan in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

A rare look inside the Sistine Chapel for a private concert about angel encounters

Conductor Juanjo Mena, former Cincinnati festival head, to retire because of Alzheimer’s disease

Timothee Chalamet arrives at the 32nd Annual Actor Awards on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Famed conductor says Chalamet shows ignorance in claiming ‘no one cares’ about opera and ballet

New York Philharmonic music and artistic director Gustavo Dudamel appears at a special screening of "El Canto de las Manos" in New York on Nov. 7, 2025. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Gustavo Dudamel’s tenure as New York Philharmonic music director opens at Radio City Music Hall

Musicians, primarily trombonists, play music as the body of Willie Colon leaves St. Patrick's Church during in New York, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Urban salsa music pioneer Willie Colón remembered at New York funeral

FILE 0 Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during a rehearsal for the traditional New Year's concert at the golden hall of Vienna's Musikverein, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Dec. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

Andris Nelsons out as music director of Boston Symphony at end of 2026-27 season

This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows Soprano Lise Davidsen and tenor Michael Spyres as the title characters in a Feb. 27, 2026, rehearsal of a new production of "Tristan und Isolde" opening March 9 at the Metropolitan Opera. (Karen Almond/Met Opera via AP)

Is ‘Tristan’ the hardest opera to stage? This director thinks so, and signed on at the Met

Jeongyeon, from left, Jihyo, Dahyun, Sana, Mina, Tzuyu, Chaeyoung, Momo, and Nayeon of TWICE pose for a portrait on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Andrew Park/Invision/AP)

Q&A: K-pop girl group Twice exploded in the last decade. Then ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ came calling

Singer and musician Willie Colon performs at The Climate Rally, an Earth Day concert, on the National Mall in Washington, April 25, 2010. Colón, considered by many to be the "architect of urban salsa," died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. He was 75. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Willie Colón, architect of urban salsa music, dies at 75

Author Barbara Kingsolver appears at the 75th National Book Awards ceremony in New York on Nov. 20, 2024. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Barbara Kingsolver returns with ‘Partita,’ her first novel since ‘Demon Copperhead’

Samoan tenor Pene Pati poses outside of the Park Avenue Armory in New York on Sept. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ron Blum)

Pene Pati rises from doubted Samoan singer to one of opera’s most-watched new stars

Singer Renee Fleming speaks after receiving a Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Renée Fleming, Béla Fleck to perform together at Carnegie Hall after dropping out of Kennedy Center

This image released by the Hamburg State Opera shows, from left, Eric Jurenas as Tuckey, Andrew Watts as Mickey, Georg Nigl as The King-President and Kristina Stanek as Bampi during a rehearsal of Olga Neuwirth’s “Monster’s Paradise” at the Hamburg State Opera on Jan. 28, 2026. (Tanja Dorendorf/Hamburg State Opera via AP)

‘Monster’s Paradise,’ lampooning US President Donald Trump, has world premiere at Hamburg Opera

This photo provided by the Detroit Opera shows George Clinton listening to The Detroit Opera Orchestra during rehearsal on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (Austin T. Richey/Detroit Opera via AP)

Detroit Opera orchestra to set George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic hits to classical music

Edgar Barrera, winner of the awards for best tropical song and song of the year for "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido," and award for songwriter of the year, poses in the press room during the 2025 Latin Grammys in Las Vegas on Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Grammy-nominated Edgar Barrera wishes to be a pioneer for Latin songwriters

FILE New signage, The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, is unveiled on the Kennedy Center, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)

Kennedy Center’s head of artistic programming steps down 2 weeks after taking the job

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